18 Peach is the next in line for a self-termed ‘hobby developer’ who has singled-handedly redeveloped an entire block of East Peach Street in northeast Bozeman. This creative and progressive individual has championed the values of smart growth while challenging the constructs of density and urban living. 18 Peach was created as a result of subdividing a larger underutilized lot. It takes advantage of its unique opportunity by rising above the neighboring rear yards to both capture views and the solar window while offering an important and welcomed infill frontage along the Peach streetscape. With its small and efficient footprint (556 SF) the house is respectful to the existing neighborhood scale while increasing the density.

At the confluence of two winding rivers near Whitefish, Montana sits a 15-acre field of open, swaying wildflower-filled meadows and tranquil wetlands, surrounded by old growth forest. The design team aspired to create a compact, respectful, quiet home that draws inspiration of both form and function from the serene landscape.

The Garden City Harvest Farmstead (GCH) entailed helping an existing public agency fulfill an immediate need for office and assembly spaces as well as future growth. For over 20 years Garden City Harvest, a Missoula based 501c3 nonprofit has been providing people of all incomes and walks of life with locally grown produce and education on healthy eating. In 2015 GCH started their capital campaign to build a new facility to house the growing team and provide a community facility. With a mandate to keep the new facility in context with its humble agrarian roots and complementary to the neighborhood, the Architects embraced the farmstead aesthetic to help inform and organize the hierarchies within the GCH organization. 

Located along the shore of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Lake Yellowstone Hotel is a nationally significant, early twentieth century, grand resort hotel. Originally built in 1891, it is the oldest operating hotel in the National Park System. Despite its location in a rustic, natural environment, the hotel offers luxury and elegance through its architectural style and opulent, modern amenities.

The McDonald Building is a mixed-use development located in the heart of downtown Billings, Montana. Originally constructed in 1907 as the first YMCA in Montana, the historic building was renovated to provide a variety of functions, in addition to support the Downtown District’s plan for urban renewal.

Located on the Montana State University campus, Norm Asbjornson Hall is an innovative model for cross-disciplinary education. The design sets a new standard for how engineering should be taught, offering students a variety of dynamic spaces for free-flowing discourse and discovery that extend program opportunities across multiple disciplines. The building serves as a conduit for fostering collaboration between unique partnerships (art, music, business, design, and engineering), bringing together a wide range of programs into one innovative facility where synergy occurs by design.

Operations Facility Building for a public park recreation pool in Billings Montana. 3,861 Square feet of enclosed space. 5,350 Square feet of covered exterior space. On March 31st 2016 an arsonist set fire to the existing locker room (1962) and concessions building next to the outdoor pool at Rose Park in Billings MT. Structural and roofing team members were brought on to examine the remains and provide design guidance to allow Billings Parks and Rec to open the facility for the summer of 2016. The pool and watersides could remain but the building needed replacement. Over the summer of 2016 an RFQ was issued for design services for a replacement facility.

Sweetgrass Commons is a 27 unit affordable apartment building in the core of Missoula. The project occupies the western boundary of the Old Sawmill District, an area of transition. Historically, the Champion Sawmill was the heart of the city and the center of industry. Left in decay since its closing in 1990, it is now being revitalized as a dense, walkable, mixed use neighborhood of three and four-story condominiums and townhouses. Most of the development thus far has been high-end; Sweetgrass Commons is the first subsidized housing and will serve residents below 60% area median income.

The Willson Residences are an outstanding creative example of adaptive reuse of the original Gallatin County High School building. The team has done a masterful job of respecting the historic relevance of this building, while creating an artful blend of classic and contemporary design elements. Formerly known as Gallatin County High School, this impressive brick building was designed in 1902 by Helena architect C.S. Haire and served students and administrators for 97 years. In its heyday it was surrounded by other grand structures that together created Bozeman’s core along the town’s growing Main Street. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The U of N is an incubator for a Cambodian-led movement to grow future leaders through vocational training and leadership development. The campus is the second largest educational facility within the second largest city in the nation. The facilities can accommodate 1,000 day students and 300 full-time students. The campus hosts conferences for over 5,000 annual attendees from across the nation and Southeast Asia.

Since the city’s early days, Bozeman Creek has been moved, straightened and channelized, with its banks armored and vegetation removed as it made way for city development. For decades, the creek had been degraded to little more than a ditch with high unstable banks offering poor habitat for native fish and wildlife. Ultimately, the many sections of the watercourse had become a community liability where it should have been an asset.

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